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</p> <p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"> Spokesman Thom Mrozek said Friday that Lewis’ attorney was recently informed that the criminal investigation had been closed.
That’s what Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) called House Democrats’ tax bill last week.
Asked last week about his plans, the 84-year-old Michigan Democrat, who was just re-elected to his 28th full term, said, “work like hell, protect the health bill, look out for consumers, protect Social
</p> Neither Democrats nor Republicans expected the blueprint would be translated into bill form and pass both chambers before the end of the lame-duck session.
At the fevered height of last year’s health care debate, Sarah Palin warned of “death panels” and other alarmists said the bill would lead to rationing.
</p> Bundling Up </p> Lobbyists and their employers pitched in during the last days of the midterm elections to help collect nearly $230,000 for several House lawmakers and the Democratic party.
</p> Wertheimer makes $113,300 annually, less than half of Sloan’s overall pay, tax forms reveal.</p> Wertheimer declined to comment.
</p> National Foreign Trade Council President Bill Reinsch said the trade agreement “has long been a policy priority of the U.S. business community, and the NFTC commends U.S. and Korean negotiators’
</p> The Republicans who voted for the bill were Reps. Walter Jones Jr. (N.C.), Ron Paul (Texas) and John Duncan (Tenn.).
</p> The bill, which passed 234-188, picked up the backing of three Republicans and all but 20 Democrats.
</p> With the House passing the tax bill 234-188 Thursday evening, formal action has temporarily moved to the Senate floor.
</p> The Nevada Democrat began taking steps Thursday afternoon to bring the House bill to the Senate floor Friday, setting the stage for a first round of votes on tax cuts for either Friday or Saturday
But the timing of the bill in the Senate remains in flux.</p> At this point, how Reid will proceed remains up in the air.
</p> “We have to follow certain rules in the House and do things in a certain order to call bills to the floor, and we ran out of time for the DREAM Act this week,” said Rep.
</p> The Democratic bill would make permanent the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for the middle class but would allow cuts for the wealthiest Americans to expire on Dec. 31.
</p> Kyl, who in 1999 succeeded at sinking the ratification of an arms treaty signed by President Bill Clinton, appeared cool to that view, saying of Kerry’s assertion: “He has always thought that.”
</p> <p class="p1">As a result, the House will have to pass a new version of the bill — one that will likely be identical to the Senate-passed measure — and send it to the Senate for a vote.
</p> Finance Chairman Max Baucus said he still intends to push at least one vote on a stand-alone middle-class tax cuts bill, similar to the measure the House is expected to vote on today.
</p> The Maryland Democrat, speaking at a pen-and-pad briefing, said he expects the bill to be brought up under a rule rather than under suspension — which would prohibit amendments — as had been widely
Bill Nelson.